Submitted for background check 11 days ago and still waiting

[Michael H.]

Hi, 

This is a newbie question, but I wanted to get your opinion on it. I have a house that I  rent out rooms to college students. I have one interested in a room now but just until the fall semester starts (about a month and a half). I require tenants to submit for a background check and credit check. Re background check was submitted back on June 20 and still waiting on the results. The student is 20. Would you continue to wait for the background check to clear even though he appears to be low risk? Also since he is only going to be renting for such a short time, I also feel like it is not worth my time since I will have to find a replacement pretty shortly anyway. 

For those of you that rent to college students do you require the same checks? Thoughts?

[Kyle J.]

Not sure how you're doing the background check, or through who, but 11 days (and counting) is way too long to wait for the results. I'd suggest finding a different company and/or a quicker way of doing it.